Chart of the Day: Home Health Care Use Rose Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia Until the Pandemic
The Decline Since 2020 May Signal Gaps in Service and Access
Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
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Research Updates
Photo Report from the Population Aging Research Center 2025 Retreat
Penn Event Explores the Limits of Chronological Aging and Related Issues
How Medicare Advantage Changed Home Health Care Use
LDI Executive Director Discusses New Findings on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use of Home Health
Gene Hackman’s Death Shows Why Caregivers Need More Care
The Tragic Deaths of the Actor With Dementia and His Wife Signal a System That Often Fails to Support Caregivers
Briefing: Nursing Home Staffing Mandate and Resident Outcomes
Presented to Staff of U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Research Brief: Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Linked to Use of Inferior Hospice Care
People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are More Likely to Get Care From Poorer Quality Hospices
Why Nursing Homes Should Provide More Nurses and Aides to Residents
CMS Raised Staffing Minimums in Nursing Homes Last Year, Marking a Major Improvement. Now These Rules Are Under Threat
Pilot Project Begun in LDI’s CICADA Program is Published by JAMA Network
LDI Senior Fellow and Former CICADA Scholar Yehoda Martei Investigated Guideline-Concordant Cancer Care in Older Adults with Cancer
Worker Wages Stagnate as Medicaid Home Care Spending Rises
Raising Reimbursement Rates and Wages Would Support a Stable Workforce and Better Care, LDI Fellows Say
Our Experts
Meet LDI Fellows whose expertise relates to improving care for older adults.
Bruce Kinosian, MD
- Associate Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Lea Ann Matura, PhD, RN
- Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Mary Naylor, PhD, RN
- Marian S. Ware Professor, Gerontology , Penn Nursing
- Director, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health , Penn Nursing
Justin Clapp, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Eric Bressman, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hospital Medicine) , Perelman School of Medicine
Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH
- Robert Austrian Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases , Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Ali Hamedani, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Neurology , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology , Perelman School of Medicine
Daniel Lee, MD, MS
- Assistant Professor, Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Improving Care for Older Adults Working Group
This working group brings people together to address questions relating to access, quality, and financing of care particularly relevant to an aging society and to disseminate related research. Care includes acute care, post-acute care, home care, caregiving, long-term services and supports, nursing homes, assisted living and other residential care options, hospice, and care received at the end of life.